Combined hand-rail and water-gage.



C. 0. ROGERS.

COMBINED HAND RAIL AND WATER GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZI, 191s.

Patented Oct. 15, 1915 WITNESSES CAMP-BELL o. noenns,

(DIE TROY, IZE'W YGIi-K,

'GQHIEBIIFED HANE-RAEL AND WATERkGAGE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @cm 215,

application filed may 21, 1918. Serial No. 235,838.

- particularly to appliances if such type designed for application tothe Water tank of a locomotive engine, and its object is to effect, by asimple and inexpensive construction, the utilization of an ordinarilyexisting member of a locomotive tender, for the performance of thisfunction, in addition to its us al and normal one.

'1 1e improvement claimed is hereinafter set forth.

in the accompanyin; is a vertical longitmlina forward portio 0: thewinter, and; lig. 2, a plan or top view of the same.

In the practice of my invention, referring descriptively to the specificembodiment thereof which is herein exemplified, 1 provide asubstantially vertical metal gage tube, 1, which is connected. at ornear its lower end, by a tubular coupling, 2, with the water tank. 3, ofa locomotive tender. The upper end of the gage tube is connected to thetank by a coupling, 2, which m y either be tubular or solid, and in thelatter case, an opening should be formed in it to establishcommunication between the interior of the gage tube and the atmosphere.The gage tube, 1, is. preferably, as shown, located suiiiciently farfrom the tank to enable it to be grasped by an operator in getting on oroil the locomotive, and in the poshim'i occupier by the ordinary handrail which is app I to facilitate ingress and e s to and from thelocomotive cab an l 1 located, perfor the it rail, in addition to thatplurality of small. perforations Figure l hrough the kili of alocomotive or vents, 1*, 1

is formed in the gage tu e, at ed 0. determined inteiuals i .i\,.ngtl1,'intervals may be less greater,

to the degree a; acc-i indication c t lo ot a gage tube. A

vent liability tofreezing, a small drain hole,

1", is formed at the bottom of the gage tube, to allow all water toescape therefrom when not under observation as an indicator.

The advantage of my invention as compared with indicators of the type inwhich a float or a glass sight tube is applied, will be obvious to thosefamiliar with the conditions of locomotive operation, and as theappliance can be substituted for the ordinary tender hand rail, itsapplication is easy and inexpensive.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a locomotive tender tank, of a vertical tubularmetal. band rail supported from the wall of the tank its top and bottom,the support at the bottom of the rail having a passage there-- throughputting the tank water space in communication with the inside of therail, a valve in said passage to control such communication, and meansoperable at the top of the tank to actuate said valve, said rail havinga plurality of vents di posed at regular intervals throughout itslength.

2. The combination, with a locomotive tender tank. of a tubular handrail connected thereto, a ti ular connection from the inside of the tankto the inside of the rail near the bottom of tee latter, a valve in saidconnection, a rod to actuate said valve extending above the top of thetank, and a handle on the upper end of said rod, said rail having an airvent at its top, a drain vent at its bottom, and a plurality of ventsdisposed at intervals throughout its length.

J. SNo-WDEN BELL, EDWARD A. WRIGHT.

